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Heat load and gain has a lot to do with the location you are at. IMO, it sounds like the 14,000 btu. gain is way low. There again, I don't know your location. Here in central Indiana, your home would most likely call for a 2.5 ton- 2 ton. It is a rule of thumb to upsize a heat pump a half a ton so you get more heat in the winter time. Here is a thought, get a 2 speed 3 ton hp, it will run at 2 tons mostly but if you ever need more power, than it boosts itself to 3 ton.

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2 speed is the way to go, even for straight a/c. I'm no heat pump sizing pro, but I believe climate zone plays a part, but a heat pump is usually unable to to be sized to meet your heating needs because it results in an oversized air conditioner in summer. Assuming your ducts are sized correctly, a 2 speed makes good sense, considering all properly sized a/c's are oversized for the majority of the cooling season because single speeds have to be sized to meet the peek load conditions of summer, which is a small percentage of time. A 2 speed heat pump will allow you to meet more of your heating load by running in 2nd stage, and in summer it will likely stay in 1st stage the majority of the cooling season, with 2nd stage as a back-up for a heat wave.

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Dan,
It is a 100 year old two story with a addition done last year.
Basically 1600 sqft on the first floor, second story is heated and cooled by seperate system,9' 800 sqft basement, 400 sqft cellar type basement, remainder crawl space. There is 14 windows 10 of them 6'x30" the rest 4'x30", 1-6' Slider and 2-36" Entry doors.

I have completely remodeled the 100 year old (Everything new but the wood in the walls) and added approx 1,000 sqft to the first floor last yeat which is when the basment was installed. The duct work I listed was installed with the new addition, and I continued to use my existing system which is a 90% 100,000 BTU Furnace.

Dan,
It is a 100 year old two story with a addition done last year.
Basically 1600 sqft on the first floor, second story is heated and cooled by seperate system,9' 800 sqft basement, 400 sqft cellar type basement, remainder crawl space.
There is 14 windows 10 of them 6'x30" the rest 4'x30", 1-6' Slider and 2-36" Entry doors.

I have completely remodeled the 100 year old (Everything new but the wood in the walls) and
added approx 1,000 sqft to the first floor last year
which is when the basment was installed.
The duct work I listed was installed with the new addition,
and I continued to use my existing system which is a 90% 100,000 BTU Furnace.